Japan Gets <cite>PlayStation 2</cite> Redesign (But Not US)

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Japan Gets <cite>PlayStation 2</cite> Redesign (But Not US)

The humble PlayStation 2 will get a redesigned model in Japan later this month. But in the US, it's the same old version.

Japan's so-called SCPH-90000 will be released on November 22 in white, black, and silver color variations. The price will remain the same: 16,000 yen (about $145).

It will feature the same form factor as the current model, but the AC adapter will be built into the console – and the whole shebang will be even lighter than the current one, weighing in at a slight 720 grams.

This move follows the recent hard relaunches of Sony's other two pieces of game hardware: the PSP, which got a slimmer, lighter edition in September, and the PlayStation 3, which got a new lower-priced model but sustained some feature cuts.

Sony did not announce plans to release the new PlayStation 2 model outside of Japan. In fact, earlier this week, Sony shipped their new package of PS2 for the United States: Bundled with the game Singstar, it includes the current PS2 model with external AC adapter.

Seems as if, much like with the DualShock 3 controller (which arrives this month in Japan, but not in the US until next spring), the rest of the world gets to be the dumping ground for remaining stocks of the old PS2.